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Alex McKane continued an impressive senior season on Saturday with perhaps his best performance yet.

McKane pulled away from a star-studded field to win the individual title at the Steve Johnson Invitational at Wartburg College in Waverly.

The individual title from McKane helped Class 4A No. 12 West High to an 11^th place team finish at the 25-team meet that featured three of top five ranked teams in 4A.

Top-ranked Sioux City North won the team title with 55 points while third-ranked Dubuque Hempstead was runner-up with 80 points followed by Onalaska, Wisconsin.

Fifth-ranked Johnston was fourth with 130 and eighth-ranked Cedar Falls rounded out the top five with 155 points.

No. 13 Liberty High was 10^th with 259 followed by West High with 288 while Class 3A seventh-ranked Solon was 13^th with 413.

McKane entered ranked second in the Class 4A individual rankings and won the title in a time of 15:22.84, more than six seconds faster than runner-up Gabe Nash of Sioux City North.

Top-ranked Derek Leicht of Dubuque Hempstead was fourth in 15:34.42.

Seth Cheney was 42^nd in a time of 16:39.4 and Caden Noeller was 47 in 16:43.68 for West High.

Christian Montover led Liberty High with a 22^nd place finish in a time of 16:21.6 while Aidan Decker finished 39^th in 16:37.84.

Solon was led by sophomore Brick Kabela who placed 17^th in a time of 16:15.87 and senior Gabe Hinman who finished 46^th in 16:42.11.

Steve Johnson Invitational

At Wartburg College

Team scores – 1. Sioux City North 55; 2. Dubuque Hempstead 80; 3. Onalaska 102; 4. Johnston 130; 5. Cedar Falls 155; 6. Norwalk 169; 7. Pleasant Valley 203; 8. Urbandale 254; 9. Waukee Northwest 258; 10. Liberty High 259; 11. West High 288; 12. Linn-Mar 361; 13. Solon 413; 14. Indianola 428; 15. Eau Claire Memorial 429; 16. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 441; 17. North Scott 443; 18. Bettendorf 464; 19. Waverly-Shell Rock 508; 20. Williamsburg 573; 21. Center Point-Urbana 596; 22. Mid-Prairie 597; 23. Spencer 666; 24. Denver 675; 25. Davenport Assumption 749

Individual leaders – 1. Alex McKane (ICW) 15:22.84; 2. Gabe Nash (SCN) 15:29.25; 3. Manny Putz (ONA) 15:34.39; 4. Derek Leicht (DH) 15:34.42; 5. Eli Larson (CP-U) 15:36.65; 6. Will Lohr (SCN) 15:40.4; 7. Natnael Kifle (SCN) 15:40.43; 8. Brayden Burnett (CF) 15:44.68; 9. Hayden Kuhn (L-M) 15:46.19; 10. Jaxson Plumb (JON) 15:49.45; 11. Ron Walters (ONA) 15:55.29; 12. Carter Eckhoff (JON) 15:57.93; 13. John Maloney (DH) 15:59.71; 14. Johnathan O’Brien (DH) 16:04.71; 15. Tyler Lee (ONA) 16:12

West High (288) – 1. Alex McKane 15:22.84; 42. Seth Cheney 16:39.4; 47. Caden Noeller 16:43.68; 90. Robert Stong 17:26.57; 108. Brice Wahe 17:45.47; 117. James Dickens 17:50.97; Logan Waters 18:08.9

Liberty High (259) – 22. Christian Montover 16:21.6; 39. Aidan Decker 16:37.84; 62. Logan Nelson 17:01.69; 66. Gavin Keeney 17:03.06; 70. Jordan Robinson 17:06.71; 75. Ethan Keeney 17:08.47; 118. Jonathan Kamba Kaleka 17:51.41

Solon (413) – 17. Brick Kabela 16:15.87; 46. Gabe Hinman 16:42.11; 118. Michael Yeomans 17:43.56; 116. Grant Bumsted 17:50.29; 129. Ty Becicka 18:07.76; 140. Nate Ferguson 18:15.75; 157. Lawsin Sinwell 18:48.26

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